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From Perrspectives: the last throes of the Bush presidency:

Start with Tuesday’s conviction of former Cheney chief-of-staff Scooter Libby on four counts of obstruction and perjury in the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame. In revelation after revelation, the administration’s duplicity in selling its Iraq war was laid bare. …

Meanwhile, the Senate Judiciary Committee began to peel back the onion on the growing Bush Justice Department scandal involving the politically motivated firings of 8 U.S. prosecutors. Senators heard six of the attorneys tell them under oath of pressure from the White House and Congressional Republicans to pursue — or not pursue — a raft of public corruption cases. …

Even as the prosecutors’ imbroglio is just starting to simmer, the outrage over the appalling conditions for wounded American servicemen at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is now at a full boil. The disgraceful conditions reported by the Washington Post and the dismissive response of the Army’s former head at Walter Reed Lt. General Kevin Kiley undermined the last remaining trump card of the Bush team — its mantra of “we support the troops.” …

Sadly for President Bush, the news coming out of Iraq was no better. Even as he praised the initial successes of his surge in Iraq, over 100 Shiite pilgrims were slaughtered in bomb blasts south of Baghad in Hillah. Worse still, nine U.S. soldiers were killed in separate attacks across Iraq on the same day that the Pentagon revealed that Bush’s “surge” would actually require 28,000 additional troops, 7,000 more than the White House claimed.

The toll on President Bush’s standing was reflected in polls released yesterday as well. A new USA Today/Gallup survey showed that fully 60% of Americans now support a timeline for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, while only 28% say the U.S will win the war. …

For the Bush administration, it is all over except for the shouting. His domestic agenda dead, President Bush can only stubbornly move forward with his debacle in Iraq while threatening to veto Democratic domestic initiatives such as union rights for TSA workers.

Gee, I wonder how history will judge the Bush presidency?